Final
CGY at VAN game report
Saturday, October 3, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. PT · Rogers Arena
Canucks beat the Flames 4–1 and earned it, out-chancing them 2.7–1.9 in expected goals and 13–5 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
- 4Goals1
- 2.68Expected goals1.94
- 1.695-on-5 expected goals1.64
- 13High-danger chances5
- 26Shots on goal24
- 63Shot attempts63
- 475-on-5 shot attempts58
- 10:51Power-play time2:49
5-on-5 shares for VAN: 44.8% of shot attempts, 50.7% of expected goals.
Expected goals leave out shots at an empty net (VAN 0.72, CGY 0.00); they're in the “Other” row of By strength.
Expected goals through the game
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish. Shots at an empty net add no step.
Shot map
By strength
| VAN at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 44:06 | 47–58 | 1.69–1.64 | 2–0 |
| Power play | 10:51 | 12–2 | 0.61–0.19 | 0–1 |
| Shorthanded | 2:49 | 1–2 | 0.11–0.11 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 2:14 | 3–1 | 0.99–0.00 | 2–0 |
Read pairs as VAN–CGY. “Power play” means VAN had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leevi Meriläinen VAN | 23/24 | .958 | 1.94 | +0.94 |
| Devin Cooley CGY | 22/25 | .880 | 2.68 | -0.32 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Player ratings
Out of 10, from each player's Game Score (goals, assists, shots, blocks, penalties, faceoffs and 5-on-5 shot and goal differential while on the ice) compared with every NHL game of the last two seasons. 6 is above average, 7 very good, 8 excellent. Goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. ★ = top three of the night. How ratings work
Average ratingCanucks6.1Flames5.8
| ★Top three of the night: Liam OhgrenFVAN | 8.4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15:01 | 64.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★Top three of the night: Tom WillanderDVAN | 7.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18:17 | 54.8 |
| ★Top three of the night: Drew O'ConnorFVAN | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:54 | 66.7 |
| Linus KarlssonFVAN | 7.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17:15 | 34.3 |
| Matt CoronatoFCGY | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:43 | 65.7 |
| Paul CotterFVAN | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:12 | 65.2 |
| Aatu RätyFVAN | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8:23 | 47.1 |
| Elias PetterssonDVAN | 6.9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 | 61.1 |
| Matvei GridinFCGY | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:41 | 70.7 |
| Zach WhitecloudDCGY | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:24 | 65.6 |
| Zayne ParekhDCGY | 6.6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13:53 | 48.5 |
| Leevi MeriläinenGVAN | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | — | 53:15 | — |
| Morgan FrostFCGY | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:42 | 63.9 |
| Joel FarabeeFCGY | 6.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11:38 | 62.5 |
| Kevin BahlDCGY | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:02 | 69.2 |
| Brock BoeserFVAN | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:00 | 60.0 |
| Simon NemecDCGY | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:07 | 56.4 |
| Martin PospisilFCGY | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:39 | 52.9 |
| Ryan StromeFCGY | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:24 | 52.2 |
| Max SassonFVAN | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9:42 | 44.8 |
| Mikael BacklundFCGY | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:49 | 45.8 |
| Brendan GallagherFVAN | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:28 | 52.9 |
| Elias PetterssonFVAN | 5.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:29 | 25.0 |
| Devin CooleyGCGY | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | — | 53:15 | — |
| Adam KlapkaFCGY | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:28 | 46.7 |
| Yegor SharangovichFCGY | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 | 46.9 |
| Jamie OleksiakDVAN | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 | 48.7 |
| Brennan OthmannFCGY | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:58 | 47.6 |
| Maxim TsyplakovFCGY | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:32 | 50.0 |
| Luke SchennDVAN | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:06 | 50.0 |
| Arshdeep BainsFVAN | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:57 | 40.7 |
| Jake MiddletonDCGY | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:53 | 46.7 |
| Jonathan LekkerimäkiFVAN | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:09 | 38.1 |
| Samuel HonzekFCGY | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 | 38.1 |
| Filip HronekDVAN | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:39 | 33.3 |
| Zeev BuiumDVAN | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:29 | 32.5 |
| Joel HanleyDCGY | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:44 | 34.5 |
| Marco RossiFVAN | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:32 | 25.8 |
Lines used
Each team's most-used forward lines and defence pairs at 5 on 5, from the NHL's shift charts · time together · shot attempts for–against · expected goals for–against
Canucks
Forward lines
- Pettersson – Karlsson – Rossi10:22 · 6–22 · xG 0.3–0.5
- Boeser – Cotter – Ohgren8:08 · 10–8 · xG 0.4–0.2
- Gallagher – O'Connor – Räty5:59 · 7–6 · xG 0.3–0.1
- Bains – Lekkerimäki – Sasson5:17 · 5–11 · xG 0.1–0.2
Defence pairs
- Hronek – Buium11:30 · 6–25 · xG 0.1–0.5
- Oleksiak – Willander10:50 · 15–17 · xG 0.5–0.5
- Schenn – Pettersson3:17 · 2–5 · xG 0.0–0.1
Flames
Forward lines
- Frost – Coronato – Gridin10:50 · 21–10 · xG 0.7–0.4
- Strome – Sharangovich – Othmann7:12 · 10–11 · xG 0.2–0.4
- Pospisil – Klapka – Tsyplakov5:51 · 7–6 · xG 0.2–0.2
- Backlund – Farabee – Honzek4:43 · 7–5 · xG 0.3–0.3
Defence pairs
- Middleton – Parekh11:08 · 11–13 · xG 0.3–0.3
- Whitecloud – Bahl9:41 · 17–6 · xG 0.3–0.1
- Hanley – Nemec9:09 · 10–16 · xG 0.4–0.8
Three stars
- ★L. OhgrenVAN · 1G 1A
- ★★L. MeriläinenVAN · .958 SV%
- ★★★T. WillanderVAN · 0G 2A
Scoring
Period 1
- 14:51CGY M. Coronato pp (from Z. Parekh, J. Farabee)1–0
Period 3
- 01:28VAN L. Ohgren (from P. Cotter, T. Willander)1–1
- 09:04VAN E. Pettersson (from L. Ohgren, T. Willander)1–2
- 16:33VAN D. O'Connor (from L. Karlsson)1–3
- 17:16VAN A. Räty (from L. Karlsson, E. Pettersson)1–4